The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko instructed the government to urgently provide humanitarian assistance to Israel, where a massive fire occurred. This is stated in the decree No. 519/2016 from November 24, the text of which is published today on the website of the President.

«To assist in overcoming the emergency situation in Israel resulting from a large fire, in accordance with article 10 of the Law of Ukraine ”On humanitarian assistance”, the President decided to provide humanitarian assistance to the State of Israel and instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to urgently ensure the provision of such assistance to Israel.

As reports a press-service gschs, «soon SSES two aircraft An-32P, in accordance with the decree of the President, will travel to Israel to assist in the elimination of fires raging there. Currently refueling aircraft.»

Recall, November 24, in the vicinity of Haifa in five places the fire started. First burned the forest surrounding the city, and after a few hours the fire spread to the city buildings. Because of the fire evacuated more than 60 thousand people, and the University of Haifa and Technion (Israel Institute of technology).